ESCANABA — Several Upper Peninsula lawmakers are seeking to rename a stretch of U.S. 41 in Menominee County to honor a soldier killed in Iraq in 2007: Spc. David Anthony Wilkey Jr., who was raised in Wilson and still has family in the area. Michigan House Bill No. 4351, introduced in April ...

WAKEFIELD — The Michigan State Police (MSP) Wakefield Post announced the recent promotion of a new sergeant. Sergeant James Gilmer has been a member of the MSP for more than twenty-five years prior to this promotion. Gilmer grew up in Bergland, Michigan, before his family moved to Ontonagon. ...

KINGSFORD — One person died early Saturday in a fire in an apartment building in Kingsford. Kingsford Public Safety officers on patrol discovered the active structure fire at 229 E. Breitung Ave. about 1:26 a.m. Saturday, Kingsford Public Safety Department Director Brandon Rutter said in a ...

HOUGHTON — Maritime historian and author Frederick Stonehouse held a presentation on the Edmund Fitzgerald at Michigan Tech’s Memorial Union Building Saturday evening. The event was presented by the Van Pelt and Opie Library, Potage Lake District Library, The Library Network and ...

ISLE ROYALE – New research, published in Nature Scientific Reports, reveals how gray wolves on Isle Royale National Park seasonally alter their habitat preferences to align with beavers’ habitat preferences, a shift that might have implications for the island’s ecosystem. Isle Royale is ...

CALUMET — What began as a medical emergency in August turned into a heartwarming reunion Thursday when Michigan State Police Trooper Lucas Lahnala of the Calumet post met with Rosie Danley, the woman whose life he helped save. According to state police-provided information, while camping in ...